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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it lknown that I, GUY D. HOWE, of Lewisport, inthe county of Hancock, and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful improvement in Baling Press; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, refer-` ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-- i Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved press taken through the line faz, iig. 2. Figure 2 is a'vertical cross-section taken through the line y y, iig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish abaling press by means `of which two bales may be pressed at p the same time, and which may be built and operated 1n a less space than is required for the presses now `in use. And it consists of a system of rods and movable boxes, in combination with the followers and frames of the machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

V.A is the horizontal frame which supports the machine, and upon which the movable boxes move. This` fra'me consists Yof horizontal beams al and a2, firmly connected by cross-beams, a3, asshown. B is anfupright` frame rmly connected to the horizontal frame, A. The posts, b1, of this frame, are connected at theitop cross-timbers, b2. G, are movable boxes, which move upon wheel or rollers, D, upon tracks prepared forthem ,r t

upon the fr ame, A, as shown. The `frames of these boxes should be made strongrenough to withstand the pres` sure necessary to be applied in pressing `the bales, and their ends which are toward theupright frame, B, are t t l open, the top and sides being furnished with doors in the ordinary manner. The ends, e,"are grooved for the reception of the hoops or bands for confining the bale after it has been pressed. E, are the followers, which slide in guides prepared for them upon the frame of the boxes, C, as shown. F is the crosshead which slides up and down within the upright frame, B. This cross-head may be operated by a screw, Gr,` passing throughit,

as shown n'red in iig. 1, or it may be operated by any other suitable device. 'lo the sidesof this cross-head, F, are pivoted two bars, H, the other ends of which are pivoted to the centres of `the followers, Ef These bars i i should be of such a length that when the cross-head, F, has been lowered so as to bring the bars, H, into a hore i zcntal position, the ends, c1, of the boxes; C, and the followers, E, shall have approached so near each `other `as l,

to have compressed the bale to the required size. I I, and, J J, are sets of rodsconnecting the followers,` E, and

the boxes, C. One end of the rods, Lareiattached to the cross-pieces, c2, of the` boxes, C, at one end of the t j press, and their other ends are attached to the follower, F, in the other end of the press,` as shown in`g.,1. The other set of rods, J, are attached at one end tothe other follower, F, and at their other endto the other` box, C, p

so that each follower is connected by a set of rigid rods to the box at the other end of the press. `'.lhese rods are secured to the boxes and followers by nuts working upon screw-threads out upon the ends of the rods, lso` that the press may be set so as to form bales of any required size. It will be observed `thatwhen the'cross-heacl, p 'F, is raised by the screw, G, or equivalent device, the followers, E, are drawn toward theupright frame, B, each follower by means of the rigid rods pushes the boi: on the opposite end of the press outwardor away from the;

B. This opens up the spaces between the followers, E, and the ends, cforjthe receptionof the` r i "i E, are `pushed outward,and the` upright frame, y material to be pressed, then by pushing down the cross-head, F, the followers,

boxes, c1, drawn inward, compressing the material into a. bale of the requiredsize.

I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The movable boxes G, when used in combination with a suitable press, constructed and operating in the` t;

GUY nnown manner and for the purpose herein specified.

Witnesses:

ALBERT C. Howe, G. W. YEAGER, 

